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 * Copyright (c) 2000-2013 Liferay, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
 * any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 */

package de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.service.persistence;

import com.liferay.portal.service.persistence.BasePersistence;

import de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants;

/**
 * The persistence interface for the participants service.
 *
 * <p>
 * Caching information and settings can be found in <code>portal.properties</code>
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Cedric Nana
 * @see participantsPersistenceImpl
 * @see participantsUtil
 * @generated
 */
public interface participantsPersistence extends BasePersistence<participants> {
	/*
	 * NOTE FOR DEVELOPERS:
	 *
	 * Never modify or reference this interface directly. Always use {@link participantsUtil} to access the participants persistence. Modify <code>service.xml</code> and rerun ServiceBuilder to regenerate this interface.
	 */

	/**
	* Caches the participants in the entity cache if it is enabled.
	*
	* @param participants the participants
	*/
	public void cacheResult(
		de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants participants);

	/**
	* Caches the participantses in the entity cache if it is enabled.
	*
	* @param participantses the participantses
	*/
	public void cacheResult(
		java.util.List<de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants> participantses);

	/**
	* Creates a new participants with the primary key. Does not add the participants to the database.
	*
	* @param ID the primary key for the new participants
	* @return the new participants
	*/
	public de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants create(
		long ID);

	/**
	* Removes the participants with the primary key from the database. Also notifies the appropriate model listeners.
	*
	* @param ID the primary key of the participants
	* @return the participants that was removed
	* @throws de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.NoSuchparticipantsException if a participants with the primary key could not be found
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants remove(
		long ID)
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException,
			de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.NoSuchparticipantsException;

	public de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants updateImpl(
		de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants participants)
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;

	/**
	* Returns the participants with the primary key or throws a {@link de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.NoSuchparticipantsException} if it could not be found.
	*
	* @param ID the primary key of the participants
	* @return the participants
	* @throws de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.NoSuchparticipantsException if a participants with the primary key could not be found
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants findByPrimaryKey(
		long ID)
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException,
			de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.NoSuchparticipantsException;

	/**
	* Returns the participants with the primary key or returns <code>null</code> if it could not be found.
	*
	* @param ID the primary key of the participants
	* @return the participants, or <code>null</code> if a participants with the primary key could not be found
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants fetchByPrimaryKey(
		long ID) throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;

	/**
	* Returns all the participantses.
	*
	* @return the participantses
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public java.util.List<de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants> findAll()
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;

	/**
	* Returns a range of all the participantses.
	*
	* <p>
	* Useful when paginating results. Returns a maximum of <code>end - start</code> instances. <code>start</code> and <code>end</code> are not primary keys, they are indexes in the result set. Thus, <code>0</code> refers to the first result in the set. Setting both <code>start</code> and <code>end</code> to {@link com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.QueryUtil#ALL_POS} will return the full result set. If <code>orderByComparator</code> is specified, then the query will include the given ORDER BY logic. If <code>orderByComparator</code> is absent and pagination is required (<code>start</code> and <code>end</code> are not {@link com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.QueryUtil#ALL_POS}), then the query will include the default ORDER BY logic from {@link de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.impl.participantsModelImpl}. If both <code>orderByComparator</code> and pagination are absent, for performance reasons, the query will not have an ORDER BY clause and the returned result set will be sorted on by the primary key in an ascending order.
	* </p>
	*
	* @param start the lower bound of the range of participantses
	* @param end the upper bound of the range of participantses (not inclusive)
	* @return the range of participantses
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public java.util.List<de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants> findAll(
		int start, int end)
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;

	/**
	* Returns an ordered range of all the participantses.
	*
	* <p>
	* Useful when paginating results. Returns a maximum of <code>end - start</code> instances. <code>start</code> and <code>end</code> are not primary keys, they are indexes in the result set. Thus, <code>0</code> refers to the first result in the set. Setting both <code>start</code> and <code>end</code> to {@link com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.QueryUtil#ALL_POS} will return the full result set. If <code>orderByComparator</code> is specified, then the query will include the given ORDER BY logic. If <code>orderByComparator</code> is absent and pagination is required (<code>start</code> and <code>end</code> are not {@link com.liferay.portal.kernel.dao.orm.QueryUtil#ALL_POS}), then the query will include the default ORDER BY logic from {@link de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.impl.participantsModelImpl}. If both <code>orderByComparator</code> and pagination are absent, for performance reasons, the query will not have an ORDER BY clause and the returned result set will be sorted on by the primary key in an ascending order.
	* </p>
	*
	* @param start the lower bound of the range of participantses
	* @param end the upper bound of the range of participantses (not inclusive)
	* @param orderByComparator the comparator to order the results by (optionally <code>null</code>)
	* @return the ordered range of participantses
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public java.util.List<de.hsmannheim.pepa.patientenportal.apanwep.model.participants> findAll(
		int start, int end,
		com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.OrderByComparator orderByComparator)
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;

	/**
	* Removes all the participantses from the database.
	*
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public void removeAll()
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;

	/**
	* Returns the number of participantses.
	*
	* @return the number of participantses
	* @throws SystemException if a system exception occurred
	*/
	public int countAll()
		throws com.liferay.portal.kernel.exception.SystemException;
}